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Looking out from the grassy cliff top on Kincraig Hill over the golf course and beach towards Elie and Earlsferry in Fife.
The Lady's Tower looking dark and mysterious as the blanket of fog rolls through the scene.
Hard to believe in just a few minutes there was perfect visability again.
What a gorgeous day we had today on the Costa del Fife. At this point rain can be seen sweeping across the Edinburgh shore of the Firth of Forth, but generally it was sunny on the Fife coast. The beach at Black Sands Bay, Aberdour, looks deserted in this shot, but there were plenty of people walking about soaking up the sun. Mags and I are looking forward to sailing out with KIrkcaldy Photographic Society. www.kirkcaldyphotographicsociety.co.uk to photograph Inchcolm Island and Inchcolm Abbey on the 1st of April,
Beautiful blue skies over the equally beautiful village of Kinghorn on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. The Fife Coastal Path runs along the foreshore here. The footbridge in the upper left background crosses the Aberdeen to London railway line at Kinghorn Station. The railway from the Forth Bridge along as far as Kirkcaldy gives absolutely stunning views of the Firth pretty much all the way. If you ever get the chance to travel the line, sit on the right hand side facing forwards from Edinburgh and left hand side going to Edinburgh!
At this time of year we have a lot of shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on the rocks at Dysart Beach. I never get tired of watching them, especially when they do their dragon poses with outstretched wings. If you look at the Lothian skyline on the other side of the Firth of Forth you can just see the turbines of a wind farm. Have a nice day.
The Caves of Caiplie, also known as "The Coves" are a very interesting sandstone formation between Anstruther and Crail along the Fife Coastal Path. Probably the site of early Christian worship and once even inhabited by a hermit the caves are a fascinating location to explore. My pal Basti climbed the rock and I snapped him jumping over the gap.
Picturesque Pettycur lies between the small Fife coastal towns of Kinghorn and Burntisland. Pettycur Harbour is on the right and the houses are on and below the hill which is known as Witches Hill. On Witches Hill during the Middle Ages, sad, frightened old ladies were burned because of ignorance, superstition and prejudice. The rocks in the mid-ground are basaltic lavas from the Carboniferous period, whilst the sand is just gorgeous silica sand with a lot of sea-shells.
Made Explore #328 on 27 May 2009.
Sun flare from the left gave that area a soft focus effect, whilst the right of the photo remained crisp. I liked the result anyway! Technically poor but pleasing to my poor eyes!
The walls in the image are part of the castle grounds at Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy. At one time they would have formed part of the defensive perimeter of the property to prevent unwanted boat landings. They also double up as a protective mechanism against land erosion. I was more interested in their rugged texture as a backdrop to the smooth water in a classic long exposure.
Two exposures; one for the water and one for the sky. Blended manually in Photoshop and converted to mono using silver effects.
A few of the old Fife holiday towns along the Firth of Forth had outdoor swimming pools.
The water was changed every day with the incoming tide. They have all fallen into a state of disrepair but the memories are still fresh.
In this shot I was trying to align the bridge stanchions to the natural gaps in the rocks and by pure coincidence a boat passed under the bridge. I was a bit disappointed the boat didn’t have more presence in the image but it wasn’t exactly planned.
One of a set of 6 photos at the same location using different lenses and filters to create slightly different images.
This and other images can also be seen at www.exposedelements.co.uk
Walking the Fife Coastal Path today, I was able to take the short cut over the sands, walking directly between Burntisland and Pettycur Harbour. A surreal experience
This is a view of the Dysart sky that my wife particularly liked. At some point during our return from vacation my photos had collectively racked up 20,000 Flickr views. Also one of my first Flickr postings 'Loch Tay Rain' (a non-DSLR shot) has just racked up its 5,000th view, so who needs an 'all-singing, all-dancing' expensive camera? ! Have a great Monday my friends!.
Crows landing on a platform on Dysart beach. I was originally told that the strange looking platform might have been a false gun emplacement from WWII, built to fool Nazi submarines that the beach was defended. Since then I have been assured by a local historian that the strange semi-circular brick and concrete structure at the far end of our beach, was the site of a revolutionary (for the time) borehole sunk into the rock strata by the Earl of Rosslyn's private coal company. This was an attempt to reach rich coal strata steeply dipping beneath the waters of the Firth of Forth. I'm told that this photo made Explore on 21st July 2008 but I didn't see it there?
Ok, so yes I've been out playing with the ND filter over the last few days. “But it’s been done to death” I can hear you all saying. Well you know what, I still like it! There are a squillion images out there on Flickr where the water is smoothed out by a long exposure or some broken down pier is being used for the subject matter but I just can’t help myself I still like them. I hope I’m not alone among you on that front.
This was shot at night from a clifftop quite some distance away from the pier. The pier itself was illuminated by the lights on the nearby building. The water was reflecting the lights of shipping a mile or so up river.
Stunning sunset looking over the Firth Of Forth from Limekilns with the call of the Curlew as a background harmony.
Rocky beach view at Invertiel, Kirkcaldy, with the ruins of Seafield Tower on the right and the Lothian shore, with Arthurs Seat and Edinburgh in the distance! You can just see people on the popular Fife Coastal Path walk, just by the tower. Beyond the tower, seals bask on the rocks and all manner of seabirds can be seen.
Still not going out photographing yet, but little or no snow here compared to Wales and Southern England . The heavy snow we expected on the Costa del Dysart lasted all of fifteen minutes last night. However, sunrise yesterday morning was beautiful and formed a little sun pillar, again for all of fifteen minutes before it had vanished.